Archery

Archery

Archery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity...

 at the 1980 Summer Olympics

1980 Summer Olympics

The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...

was held at the archery range, located at the Trade Unions Olympic Sports Centre (Krylatskoye district, Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

). The archery schedule began on 30 July and ended on 2 August. Two archery events were contested: men's individual and women's individual. Points were in a format called the double FITA

International Archery Federation

The International Archery Federation is the governing body of the sport of archery. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is composed of 140 national archery associations, and is recognized by the International Olympic Committee.-History:FITA was founded on 4 September 1931 in Poland...

 round, which included 288 arrows shot over four days at four different distances: 70 meters, 60 meters, 50 meters, 30 meters for women; 90 meters, 70 meters, 50 meters, 30 meters for men.

Medal summary

Men's individual
Women's individual

Medal table

1		1	2	0	3
2		1	0	1	2
3		0	0	1	1

Men's individual

Rank	Name	Round 1		Round 2		Total Score
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
		1220	5	1235	2	2455
		1217	8	1235	1	2452
		1215	9	1234	3	2449
4		1224	2	1222	6	2446
5		1225	1	1221	8	2446
6		1222	3	1210	10	2432
7		1212	10	1207	11	2419
8		1205	12	1213	9	2418
9		1218	7	1196	13	2414
10		1178	19	1232	4	2410
11		1187	16	1223	5	2410
12		1187	17	1221	7	2408
13		1220	4	1187	16	2407
14		1205	13	1200	12	2405
15		1200	15	1189	15	2389
16		1218	6	1168	20	2386
17		1210	11	1174	18	2384
18		1171	21	1193	14	2364
19		1178	20	1183	17	2361
20		1184	18	1173	19	2357
21		1169	23	1167	21	2336
22		1203	14	1128	26	2331
23		1171	22	1147	23	2318
24		1148	25	1157	22	2305
25		1146	26	1134	24	2280
26		1142	27	1129	25	2271
27		1139	28	1125	27	2264
28		1123	29	1118	28	2241
29		1149	24	1091	32	2240
30		1117	30	1116	29	2233
31		1106	32	1106	31	2212
32		1077	34	1113	30	2190
33		1111	31	1070	35	2181
34		1088	33	1058	36	2146
35		1075	35	1071	34	2146
36		1041	36	1086	33	2127
37		1017	37	1041	37	2058
38		860	38	947	38	1807

Women's individual

For the first time in Olympic archery history, the women's gold medalist outscored the men's (although women did not have to shoot as far as the men). In fact, both of the Soviet

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 women who earned medals in the women's competition had higher scores than the winner of the men's competition. Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

, which had earned gold in the men's competition, also won bronze in the women's.

Rank	Name	Round 1		Round 2		Total Score
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
		1257	1	1234	1	2491
		1251	2	1226	3	2477
		1217	3	1232	2	2449
4		1206	4	1199	5	2405
5		1195	5	1206	4	2401
6		1186	7	1196	6	2382
7		1190	6	1175	8	2365
8		1184	8	1162	13	2346
9		1172	10	1171	10	2343
10		1164	12	1178	7	2342
11		1165	11	1163	12	2328
12		1155	13	1168	11	2323
13		1174	9	1145	17	2319
14		1140	15	1158	15	2298
15		1123	17	1162	14	2285
16		1140	14	1143	18	2283
17		1119	18	1150	16	2269
18		1069	27	1171	9	2240
19		1123	16	1106	22	2229
20		1102	21	1117	20	2219
21		1082	26	1134	19	2216
22		1114	19	1102	23	2216
23		1108	20	1108	21	2216
24		1097	22	1098	26	2195
25		1087	24	1100	25	2187
26		1084	25	1102	24	2186
27		1089	23	1055	29	2144
28		1052	29	1067	27	2119
29		1053	28	1059	28	2112

See also

• Archery at the 1979 Pan American Games
  Archery at the 1979 Pan American Games
  This page shows the results of the Archery Competition at the 1979 Pan American Games, held from July 1 to July 15, 1979 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Archery was included for the first time at the Pan American Games.-Recurve Individual:-Recurve Teams:...